Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
You could connect a PogoPlug device to your NAS, and you can access it anywhere in the world. The biggest problem is that if your network connection at home hangs/dies, then you cannot access it.
I second the Dropbox recommendation. 100GB is $100/yr. Move what files you think you'd possibly need onto it prior to traveling. The best part of Dropbox is that it can automagically upload all photos when you insert a media card into your laptop; or when your smartphone is connected to wifi.
1TB USB3 portable drives are getting pretty inexpensive, too.
I hadn't heard of PogoPlug before, and their website is confusing. Am I understanding this correctly?
It seems as if the company has two main offerings:
* Cloud based storage for a monthly fee
* A device that will turn a user's own external hard drives into a private cloud, where the user pays a flat fee for the device (no subscription costs) and then pays for the cost of external storage
I've had NAS devices over the years that have been complete headaches. It sounds as if the PogoPlug device could essentially do all that I'd hoped NAS would do. The one thing I can't tell: If I could actually attach my NAS to PogoPlug or if I'd need to use other external hard drives. (Amazon this weekend was selling a 1TB external drive--with pretty good reviews--for $67. Storage prices are reasonable!)